One of the more interesting developments in heavy music over the last few years has been the increased hybridization of metal and vintage post-punk. With Grave Pleasures, Psalm Zero, Atriarch, and Vaura leading the underground charge, New Orleans band Heat Dust have followed suit with the hard-charging, primal, gothic strains of their self-titled debut, which is slated to come out 25 September on The Flenser.
The lurching yet oddly graceful “I Warm My Hands” is one of the album’s more murkily meditative tracks, and is where the band’s goth influences creep to the surface thanks to its martial beats, chanted vocals, and atonal guitar flourishes. Says guitarist and singer Jasper den Hartigh, “Lyrically, it started by being about a really stressful dream I had and ended up taking on a whole different meaning…”
Catch Heat Dust on tour this fall with Thou and the Body:
10/11 NEW ORLEANS, LA – SISTERS IN CHRIST (RECORD RELEASE SHOW) W/ TV-MA (NO THOU/BODY)
10/12 AUSTIN, TX – SIDEWINDER W/ BROTHER/GHOST, ILLUSTRATIONS, CARL SAGAN’S SKATE SHOES (NO THOU/BODY)
10/13 SAN ANTONIO, TX – PAPER TIGER W/ PINKO, SIGNALMAN (NO THOU BODY)
10/15 TUCSON, AZ – 191 TOOLE AT SOUTHWEST TERROR FEST W/ IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS, ABSTRACTOR, HANTA, GALE, METHRA
10/16 SANTA FE, NM – THE CAVE (1226 CALLE DE COMMERCIO) W/ YAR, BATHHOUSE, SYLPH
10/17 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – MATINEE AT FLUX CAPACITOR (3530 N. CHELTON LOOP) W/ THOU SOLO SET, ALONE
10/17 DENVER, CO – GLOB (3551 BRIGHTON BLVD.) W/ ECHO BEDS, BLOOD INCANTATION, VERMIN WOMB
10/18 SALT LAKE CITY, UT – KILBY COURT (750 KILBY COURT) W/ SUB ROSA, BLOOD INCANTATION
10/19 RENO – HOLLAND (140 VESTA ST.) W/ DISSIDENCE
10/19 CHICO – LATE SHOW W/ THOU SOLO SET
10/20 PORTLAND, OR – BLACKWATER
10/21 SEATTLE, WA – GROUND ZERO MUSIC PROGRAM W/ THOU (NO BODY)
10/21 SEATTLE, WA – THE BLACK LODGE W/ NEGATIVE STANDARDS, DREAM DECAY
10/22 OLYMPIA, WA – PALACE STUMP HOUSE (2639 28TH ST. NW) W/ GAG, EOS
10/23 PORTLAND, OR – MATINEE AT ANARRE W/ THOU SOLO SET, BODY SOLO SET, HREINN
10/23 SALEM, OR – WISP HOUSE (805 CHURCH STREET) W/ , BLOOD INCANTATION, NO TRIAL
10/24 ASHLAND, OR – MATINEE AT CLUB 66 (1951 ASHLAND ST.) W/ THOU SOLO SET, HERMITS, CLAIRE BURGESS
10/24 EUREKA, CA – VET’S HALL (1018 H STREET)
10/25 SANTA ROSA, CA – MATINEE AT TBA W/ THOU SOLO SET
10/25 BERKELEY, CA – 924 GILMAN W/ RAGANA, THOU AND THE BODY SOLO SETS
10/26 SANTA CRUZ, CA – MATINEE AT CAFE PERGOLESI W/ THOU SOLO SET
10/26 OAKLAND, CA – THE METRO (630 3RD ST.) W/ NO STATIK, SBSM
10/27 OAKLAND, CA – MATINEE AT 1234GO! RECORDS W/ THOU SOLO SET
10/27 SACRAMENTO, CA – THE COLONY (3512 STOCKTON BLVD.) W/ GEHENNA, THEORIES
10/28 SAN LUIS OBISPO – SLO GRANGE (2880 BROAD ST.) W/ HOLLOW SUNSHINE, DISGUSTED GEIST
10/29 GOLETA, CA – THE HARD TO FIND (7190 HOLLISTER AVE) W/ DROOL
10/30 SAN DIEGO, CA – STRONGHOLD (5335 MARKET STREET) W/ CATHARSIS, TRASH AXIS, AGE OF COLLAPSE
10/31 SILVER LAKE, CA – LOS GLOBOS W/ CATHARSIS, FULL OF HELL, GEHENNA, THEORIES, THOU NIRVANA COVERS SET
11/01 LOS ANGELES, CA – THE SMELL W/ CATHARSIS